Science WASL
Terms
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- acquire
- to come to own; to get; obtain
- bone
- one of the hard pieces that form the skeleton of a person or any vertebrate animal
- characteristic
- Indicating a special quality or character of a person or thing
- data
- facts or figures; information
- Earth
- The planet of the solar system on which humans live, the 5th in size and third in distance from the sun
- earthquake
- shaking or vibration of the earth's surface, caused by an underground shift, volcanic action, etc.
- gram
- The unit of weight or mass in the metric system. There are about 28 1/3 grams in an ounce.
- glacier
- a large mass or field of ice that moves very slowly down a mountain valley or across land until it either melts or breaks off in the sea to form icebergs
- centimeter
- a measure of length equal to 1/100 of a meter. One inch is about 2.54 centimeters.
- inch
- a measure of length equal to 1/12 of a foot
- cell
- the tiny basic structural unit of all living matter
- feet
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plural of "foot"
"foot" - a measure of length equal to 12 inches